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Holiday stress

The theme movies on TV and Christmas carols on a loop at the mall may have you picturing a Courier and Ives-esque trip home for the holidays, but for many Americans, the holidays cause a huge amount of stress and anxiety. A recent report from the Caron Institute found that budget tightening increased holiday stress. [...]

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Holiday hardship

The holiday season is off to a rocky start, as many families have less money for gifts and travel. But things are starting to look up in some parts of the country, and even hard-hit areas are taking a glass-half-full approach to the new year. At WEKU in Kentucky, Charles Compton reports that maybe we’ve [...]

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